Super Saiyan 2

"Gohan, if you have a clone do your reading for you, wouldn't you have no idea what you'd read?"

Son Gohan smiled.

"As soon as the clone turns back into a strand of hair, I can get all the memories from that day through the hair!"

"That's amazing! Gohan, could you teach me the Cloning Technique?"

"I can, but the Cloning Technique requires ki. Aunt Bulma, since you've never trained in martial arts... you'd probably have to start with that!"

"I see. Then never mind!"

"But Aunt Bulma, you have to keep the Cloning Technique a secret for me!"

"Mm!"

Bulma nodded.

"So, Aunt Bulma, about the Gravity Chamber?"

"I'm taking the day off. I'll increase the gravity in the chamber for you tomorrow!"

"Okay!"

Son Gohan nodded.

"Well, Aunt Bulma, I'll head back now!"

"Mm!"

Bulma nodded.

Seeing this, Son Gohan used Instant Transmission and returned to Mount Paozu.

"Gohan!"

When Piccolo saw Son Gohan return, he immediately flew over from a distance.

"Gohan, where did you just go?"

"I went to Aunt Bulma's. I asked her to increase the gravity in my Gravity Chamber again!"

After hearing this, Piccolo didn't ask anything else.

Two weeks passed in the blink of an eye.

After spending two weeks on it, Bulma had finally increased the gravity in Son Gohan's Gravity Chamber to five hundred times normal.

"All right, Gohan. I've increased the gravity in the chamber to five hundred times normal!"

Son Gohan nodded.

"Thanks, Aunt Bulma!"

"But the higher the gravity gets, the harder it is to increase it, so... you'll have to make do with five hundred times for a while!"

"I understand, Aunt Bulma!"

"Well, Aunt Bulma, if there's nothing else, I'll head back?"

"Mm!"

Bulma nodded.

Seeing this, Son Gohan used Instant Transmission and returned to Mount Paozu.

In space, on a deserted planet.

A man was doing one-fingered push-ups on the ground.

The man was Vegeta.

"9,999, 10,000!"

As he spoke, Vegeta pushed down with his right index finger and sprang up from the ground.

"This isn't enough. If I keep training like this, I could train my whole life and still never catch up to Kakarot and the others!"

As he spoke, Vegeta immediately looked toward his spaceship.

A moment later, Vegeta boarded his spaceship and left the planet.

Two months passed in the blink of an eye.

Since the Gravity Chamber could now reach up to five hundred times normal gravity, Son Gohan was able to increase his battle power by ten million every day.

His base battle power had now reached two billion.

At that moment, Son Gohan was standing in a grassy clearing on Mount Paozu.

Son Goku and Piccolo stood some distance away.

"Ha!"

Suddenly, Son Gohan clenched both fists, and an astonishing aura burst from his body.

Boom!!

A golden aura flared around Son Gohan. His hair turned gold and stood straight up, while his eyes turned pale green.

This was Super Saiyan.

As Son Gohan transformed, Krillin, who was on Earth, soon sensed his powerful ki.

But they thought Son Gohan was training, so they didn't pay it much attention.

"Ah!"

Just then, Son Gohan clenched both fists again. A tremendously powerful aura erupted from him and rapidly surged upward.

The ground across all of Mount Paozu began to shake violently under the influence of Son Gohan's ki.

The grass beneath Son Gohan was blown into the air by the aura radiating from him, forming a tornado.

"Th-that's an incredible aura!"

When Krillin sensed Son Gohan's ki again, a look of surprise immediately appeared on his face.

"Ah!"

With a loud roar, Son Gohan's aura surged. The golden aura around him flared like a jet of flame, his hair stood even more rigidly upright, and lightning crackled around his body as he released his energy.

This was Super Saiyan 2.

Boom!!

After completing the transformation, Son Gohan immediately released the ki gathered around his body.

"Is this... a transformation that surpasses Super Saiyan?"

Piccolo looked at Gohan and asked.

"Mm!"

Son Gohan nodded.

"I've named this transformation Super Saiyan 2!"

"Super Saiyan 2!"

Son Gohan nodded, then returned to his base form.

Just then, Son Goku and the others suddenly sensed an aura approaching Earth from beyond the planet.

It was Vegeta's ki.

"Vegeta!"

Piccolo nodded.

"That seems to be his ki!"

"But why would he suddenly come to Earth?"

"I don't know!"

Piccolo shook his head.

"Should we go take a look?"

"Okay!"

With that, the three of them immediately flew toward the place where Vegeta's spaceship was about to land.

A short while later, Vegeta's spaceship landed on Earth.

Vegeta climbed out of the spaceship and flew over to Son Goku and the others.

"Long time no see, Vegeta!"

Son Goku greeted Vegeta with a smile.

Vegeta gave a cold snort and said nothing.

Seeing this, Son Goku didn't mind.

"Vegeta, why did you suddenly come to Earth? Did you come to fight me?"

"No. I came to Earth to train!"

"Train on Earth? So you're going to live here?"

"Mm!"

Vegeta nodded.

"Then where are you going to stay, Vegeta?"

"I don't know. Kakarot, have you already become a Super Saiyan?"

"Mm!"

Son Goku nodded.

Hearing this, Vegeta immediately clenched both fists.

If only he'd figured it out sooner and come to Earth to train.

"Then, Kakarot, can you tell me how you became a Super Saiyan in such a short time?"

"How did I train?"

Son Goku thought for a moment.

"I just trained in the Gravity Chamber with Gohan and the others!"

"The Gravity Chamber?"

"Right. Bulma built it, and it can now reach up to five hundred times normal gravity!"

"F-five hundred times normal gravity? Where is the Gravity Chamber now?"

Son Goku heard him and immediately pointed to the Gravity Chamber nearby.

"That's the Gravity Chamber!"

"Then... where is this Bulma now?"

"Bulma? She's in West City now."

"West City? Can you take me to her?"

"I can, but why do you want to see her?"

"I want her to build me a Gravity Chamber!"

"Okay, I'll take you there, but you have to promise me you won't hurt Bulma!"

"Okay, I promise!"

Vegeta agreed without a moment's hesitation.

All he wanted now was to become stronger and surpass Son Goku and the others.

After hearing this, Son Goku immediately took Vegeta to Bulma's house.

Son Gohan and Piccolo followed them there as well.